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• Day 15 of human shield action in Serêkaniyê 

  People in Serêkaniyê have reached day 15 of their human shields protest.
• 15th day of human shield action in Kobane 

  The human shield activists in Kobane continue their demonstration with high morale on day 15 despite the cold and the rain.
• New Year’s celebrations in Raqqa 

  Citizens of Raqqa celebrated the new year and wished for peace and stability in the region.
• ISIS weapons and ammunition seized in Hajin 

  SDF fighters have seized weapons and ammunition from ISIS gangs in Hajin.
• People of Hesekê reject Turkish threats 

  The response and rejection of the people of the region to the threats of occupation of Northern and Eastern Syria by the Turkish state is growing.
• Shehba Council’s New Year Message 

  “Our hope for 2019 is the end of the tragedy lived by the Syrian people, and peace.”
• SDF protected the peoples of Syria in 2018 

  The SDF fighters managed to liberate the city of Raqqa in 2017 and endured their fight against ISIS in 2018. Various SDF components practiced a great resistance against the attacks by the Turkish state and affiliated mercenaries.
• Turkey’s “Manbij Representative” turns out a fraud 

  The man the Turkish state has accepted as the representative of the people in Syria turned out to be a fraud using a fake name.
• Autonomous Administration sent New Year Message 

  “We wish a happy new year to all Syrian peoples and all peoples of the world. A special happy new year to the Syrian Christians.”
• Kindergarten in Derik named after Sara Mustafa 

  Little Sara Mustafa was killed in an attack of the Turkish army on November 1st, 2018.
• Defend the women’s revolution in Rojava! 

  A video campaign has been launched following a Jineology call to defend the Rojava Women’s Revolution.
• Three mercenaries killed in Afrin 

  An action by Afrin Liberation Forces left three mercenaries dead and two others wounded in Jindires, Afrin.
• MSD co-chair talks about the only solution to the Syrian crisis 

  MSD co-chair Emine Omer evaluated the year 2018 in North and Eastern Syria and said: “The only force that has a project to resolve the Syrian crisis is the MSD. We are trying to spread this project to entire Syria,” Omer added.
• Arab delegation from Raqqa visits Kobanê 

  More than 700 Arabs from Raqqa visited the action tent in Kobanê, as the actions became widespread.
• Teachers joined the human shield action in Serêkaniyê 

  The peoples of Northern and Eastern Syria continue their actions against the occupation threats issued by the Turkish state.
• Hundreds joined the human shield action in Kobanê  

  Speakers emphasized that the Turkish occupation plans will fail and that the liberated lands freed with the blood of the martyrs, would be defended.
• Turkish-led mercenaries attacked MMC positions 

  The so-called Euphrates Shield mercenaries, led by Turkey’s invading army, yesterday evening tired two separate attacks on the positions of the Manbij Military Council (MMC).
• Armed assault kills Deir ez-Zor Legislative Assembly Co-chair 

  Deir ez-Zor Legislative Assembly Co-chair Merwan El Fetih lost his life in an armed assault.
• SDF fighters repelled another Daesh attack in Hajin 

  “Whatever the attacks might be, and from wherever they might come from, we are ready to resist to the end,” said Ekin Rojava, a combatant of the YPJ.
• Internationalist Elefterya Hambi in Deir ez-Zor 

  The battle to free the last ISIS-occupied areas near Deir ez-Zor continues. Internationalists also take part in this fight. Elefterya Hambi reports in a short video message about the course of the battles.
• SDF: 71 ISIS members killed in Hajin 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces continue their offensive against the so-called Islamic State in Hajin. In the past 24 hours, 71 jihadists have been killed.
• Afrin IDPs: We will never leave our homeland 

  The displaced people of Afrin who have been forced to take shelter in IDP camps in Sherawa and Shehba due to Turkish occupation, condemned Erdogan’s threats to attack north and east Syria. “We will not leave our homeland” they said.
• SDF seizes ISIS explosives manufacturing facility in Hajin 

  SDF fighters advancing in Hajin have seized an explosives manufacturing facility of ISIS.
• “We will resist Turkish attacks as we resisted ISIS attacks” 

  The people of Hesekê joined the human shield action launched by Serêkaniyê people at the border.
• Flooding in Kobane 

  Floods have taken over the Kobane city center and villages following torrential rains in Rojava.